Rail Companies create unnecessary risks in the transport of dangerous goods by rail. This is evidenced by the Risk report on rail transport hazardous materials that the Safety Board has published today, following the collision between a passenger train and a stationary goods train in Tilburg on March 6, 2015. The rear car of the freight train, loaded with combustible and explosive butadiene, hit this leak.
the Board also believes that chemical companies rail transport are required to handle hazardous substances part of their business and that they should make clear agreements about their safety with carriers. Although the impact of the collision have been limited in Tilburg, this type of accident can have very serious consequences. For that reason, the Safety Board examined how the train carrying hazardous materials has been involved in a collision and causing the collision led to a leak of butadiene the tank car .
For short
The freight train was chemistry park Chemelot in South Limburg en route to Rotterdam. An adjustment in the schedule, the train departed three hours later and decided the carrier to a stop in Tilburg to allow a driver change. When applying it, the carrier gave a short length of the train, with the result that the control center led the train to a short sidetrack. Therefore, the rear wagon was so close to a switch that triggers the passenger train stopped at red. The driver of the passenger train did not notice the red signal on. The sidings in Tilburg are not protected against red light passages were therefore not slowed down automatically by the so-called ATB vv system and the passenger train. By the collision were some occupants of the passenger train slightly injured and several police officers were overcome by inhalation of the released gas.
Overbufferings Security
As the passenger train from an old type (Mat’64 ) was that has no buffers, the front part of the passenger train is gone up during the collision, and ended up against the boiler. The “rise” of the passenger train could occur because the tank car was not equipped with a overbufferings security. Such a system is however only mandatory for tank cars that highly toxic substances are transported. The collision hit only damaged the rear tank wagon. The freight wagons there were also no hazardous substance. If one of those wagons was placed back, there would be no hazardous substances are released. However, that is not required by law.
Logistics and economically
The research shows that the impact and the spill could occur because the rail companies concerned for logistical and economic reasons decisions names prejudice did to the impact of security measures already in force. That testifies to the Council of insufficient risk awareness by the rail companies. The chemical companies, whose mission is carried rail transport of hazardous materials, have an important role in risk management, according to the Council. In previous reports, the Council has already raised that the responsibility of a chemical company also applies if the hazardous substances are stored or processed in another company. The Council points out in this report that the so-called chain responsibility also applies if the hazardous materials abandoned the premises and are transported by rail.
Recommendation
The Council recommends that the rail companies to make decisions with no operational control of trains, such as the insertion of a stop, which can lead to unnecessary risks. In addition, the Board of NS Passengers recommends putting out old passenger trains on railway lines which also transport occurs with hazardous substances. Furthermore, the Council considers that the State Secretary for Infrastructure and the Environment should require all types of tank cars are equipped with overriding protections and that the rear of a freight wagon must not contain any hazardous material.
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